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that's what's at stake here for us. it's really not a question about whether people like president obama or whether he doesn't, whether they don't. and i frankly think that president obama has done great disservice to what his ideals were and why we elected him in the first place in 2008, which was around the questions of transparency and human rights. and that's the piece that we actually need to keep our eye in the next four years. >> you mentioned senator ron wyden a moment ago. he is on the senate select committee. he's allowed to know the legal rational that's being offered for targeted killing, as well as all the countries where the killing is where it's happening. but even he can't get answers. and he's promised to bring these issues up at john brennan's confirmation hearings for cia director coming pretty soon. what questions would you put to john brennan when he goes before the congress to testify on behalf of his nomination for director of the cia? >> i'm not going to quibble with them on the fact that they ar
that's what's at stake here for us. it's really not a question about whether people like president obama or whether he doesn't, whether they don't. and i frankly think that president obama has done great disservice to what his ideals were and why we elected him in the first place in 2008, which was around the questions of transparency and human rights. and that's the piece that we actually need to keep our eye in the next four years. >> you mentioned senator ron wyden a moment ago. he is...
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it is made from plastic, so it uses less fuel. every day it is grounded, the cost to boeing goes up. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- the u.s. education system is slipping down the global rankings. we talked to one woman with radical ideas for an overhaul. life like robotic patients are used by doctors and nurses in the uk who want to practice their clinical skills. they suffer from a range of problems like asthma and severe infections. >> john is sick. he has been in a car crash and he is struggling to breathe. these doctors are trying to figure out what to do. if they cannot, no one dies. these robots are different. they are controlled to react to treatment second by second. "although we are taught in books what to do in certain situations, is very different when you have equipment, and you have people talking to you. run through.way to >> there are other members of the family. he can heartbeat -- he can have a heartbeat and describe the symptoms. it is cutting edge technology. it's not the only new
it is made from plastic, so it uses less fuel. every day it is grounded, the cost to boeing goes up. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- the u.s. education system is slipping down the global rankings. we talked to one woman with radical ideas for an overhaul. life like robotic patients are used by doctors and nurses in the uk who want to practice their clinical skills. they suffer from a range of problems like asthma and severe infections. >>...
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i said that all government officials of an obligation to tell us if they want to kill us. i mean it seems pretty straightforward in britain has been side to a lot of what some us would consider to be unsavory things over the years waterboarding and you know yes he has presided over the drone program so do i ask you i think it's fair to ask him to tell us exactly how these drones are being used even though that it's that it seems i do think that he could say that these details some of them at least are classified we certainly could say that that's of the been saying all along but this is a high stakes game people are dying i think we do have a right to ask why they're trying and what's been done a lot of them are worthless in the choosing we're going to be killed brennan of course is credited as the architect of the drone campaign so if anybody knows these answers the answers to these questions it's him right well absolutely it was actually the first ministration official to admit that the drone campaign was actually in use everybody knew it was no open secret it was a pers
i said that all government officials of an obligation to tell us if they want to kill us. i mean it seems pretty straightforward in britain has been side to a lot of what some us would consider to be unsavory things over the years waterboarding and you know yes he has presided over the drone program so do i ask you i think it's fair to ask him to tell us exactly how these drones are being used even though that it's that it seems i do think that he could say that these details some of them at...
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two of us said no and then one of us not me the other guy changed his mind so i was the only one who was made the offer who declined. because at that time you already believe that it wouldn't work i just thought i didn't know if it would work i mean they were telling us it would but i just believed it was wrong you know it at the cia part of the cia's culture is to couch all issues in shades of grey you have to be very comfortable working in morally nebulous situations or legally nebulous situations but there are some things that really are black and white and i believe that that was a black and white issue there's something that i think you will find interesting and something that i'd like you to comment on polls by the american red cross show that the majority of americans find torture acceptable sixty percent of young people agree whereas four years ago torture was largely condemned in the u.s. . how did this become the new normal what happened in those four years i think that many people who told pollsters in the early or middle part of the last decade were reacting to president
two of us said no and then one of us not me the other guy changed his mind so i was the only one who was made the offer who declined. because at that time you already believe that it wouldn't work i just thought i didn't know if it would work i mean they were telling us it would but i just believed it was wrong you know it at the cia part of the cia's culture is to couch all issues in shades of grey you have to be very comfortable working in morally nebulous situations or legally nebulous...
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by allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individuals since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use this young man in pakistan would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote hands of a drone more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people in many cases children with no evidence whatsoever that they're involved in any criminal or terrorist activity the numbers should not come as a surprise. during the broad definition the obama administration gives this to who should be on their kill
by allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individuals since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical...
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america to somebody a us citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something. that could lead to actions against united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed the spite the un raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the us is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the us to wage wars without risking american lives there is another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences th
america to somebody a us citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something. that could lead to actions against united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed the spite the un raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the us is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the...
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raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there is another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force . as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not
raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war...
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allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individuals since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use of this young man in pakistan he would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote hands of a drone more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people in many cases children with no evidence whatsoever that they're involved in any criminal or terrorist activity the numbers should not come as a surprise considering the broad definition the obama admin straight. gives this to who should be on
allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individuals since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical...
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base in these volatile countries that could be the case of drone aircraft carriers were were put to use you're looking now at the navy's x. forty seven b. drone aircraft which is the in the testing phase right now the first take off at sea set to happen sometime this year so how can this change the u.s. military strategy to discuss i was joined earlier by michael brooks producer of the majority report and he says this could significantly change the game as we know it . it would really reduce the need for bases for drone bases in the volatile areas that you mentions and the co-author of this article you like clifton and i which we co-wrote for alter net we're really interested in what the implications of reducing that sort of added barrier to drone deployments could look like in the really big and most immediate take away is having to deal even less with the desires and the objectives of foreign governments when we project these weapons overseas so that is a really. very very large potential step which happens right off the bat so ultimately are you saying that this would mean that the u
base in these volatile countries that could be the case of drone aircraft carriers were were put to use you're looking now at the navy's x. forty seven b. drone aircraft which is the in the testing phase right now the first take off at sea set to happen sometime this year so how can this change the u.s. military strategy to discuss i was joined earlier by michael brooks producer of the majority report and he says this could significantly change the game as we know it . it would really reduce...
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two of us said no and then one of us not me the other guy changed his mind so i was the only one who was made the offer who declined. because at that time you already believe that it wouldn't work i just thought i didn't know if it would work i mean they were telling us it would but i just believed it was wrong you know it at the cia part of the cia's culture is to couch all issues in shades of grey you have to be very comfortable working in morally nebulous situations or legally nebulous situations but there are some things that really are black and white and i believe that that was a black and white issue there's something that i think you will find interesting and something that i'd like you to comment on polls by the american red cross show that the majority of americans find torture acceptable sixty percent of young people agree whereas four years ago torture was largely condemned in the us. how did this become thing in normal what happened in those four years i think that many people who told pollsters in the early or middle part of the last decade were reacting to president bu
two of us said no and then one of us not me the other guy changed his mind so i was the only one who was made the offer who declined. because at that time you already believe that it wouldn't work i just thought i didn't know if it would work i mean they were telling us it would but i just believed it was wrong you know it at the cia part of the cia's culture is to couch all issues in shades of grey you have to be very comfortable working in morally nebulous situations or legally nebulous...
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gwen: when is it ok to use u.s. drones to kill americans? and when does congress get to know about it? >> if the executive branch makes a mistake and kills the wrong person or a group of the wrong people, how should the government acknowledge that? gwen: closer to home, did the folks who issue credit ratings make the mortgage crisis worse? the justice department says yes. >> we believe that s&p played a significant role in helping to bring our economy to the brink of collapse. gwen: and on politics, republicans and democrats map out the future. >> it's important not to read too much into any particular political victory, because this country is big, it is diverse, it is contentious, and we don't have a monopoly on wisdom. >> to uphold this legacy of those who have come before us, washington will need to make some choices. and in a divided government, these choices are often tough. gwen: covering the week, carrie johnson of nph, pete williams of nbc news, alexis simendinger of real clear politics, and beth reinhard of "national journal." >> a
gwen: when is it ok to use u.s. drones to kill americans? and when does congress get to know about it? >> if the executive branch makes a mistake and kills the wrong person or a group of the wrong people, how should the government acknowledge that? gwen: closer to home, did the folks who issue credit ratings make the mortgage crisis worse? the justice department says yes. >> we believe that s&p played a significant role in helping to bring our economy to the brink of collapse....
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to work against or with congress by using campaign techniques. we are seeing him talk about, you know, there may be divisions you may not like, but stick together, if we stick together, we will prosper politically, we will prosper in our legislative agenda. one of the things he is taking away from the campaign is campaign results have consequences. we know that the american people, the majority, are supporting my agenda, immigration, certain elements of gun control, my fiscal and economic issues. he may talk about political reform or environmental issues, climate change coming up, for instance, in the state of the union address. he is going around the country. he is campaigning, much as we saw in 2012, prying to put the squeeze on the republicans in the house specifically to try to work with the senate to get legislation and box them in to try to get what he wants this year. it's very important that we talk about this year. he knows he has one year. gwen: beth, the greatest advantage for the democrats as opposed to the republicans they have a ver
to work against or with congress by using campaign techniques. we are seeing him talk about, you know, there may be divisions you may not like, but stick together, if we stick together, we will prosper politically, we will prosper in our legislative agenda. one of the things he is taking away from the campaign is campaign results have consequences. we know that the american people, the majority, are supporting my agenda, immigration, certain elements of gun control, my fiscal and economic...
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choose to use the consensus to. choose the opinions that invigorated your mind. choose the stories that entire life choose the access to your office. well this week saw days of strikes in spain as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts the government seems on moved by the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig their country out of its debt hole spain is also experiencing a staggering unemployment rate with one in four currently out of a job a message from the people of spain was echoed on the streets of ireland where thousands united in a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts were implemented to please arens creditors has been relying on a joint e.u. international monetary fund loan since twenty ten. angry crowds have also been spoiling the mood of e.u. leaders as they celebrate our historic budget deal cutting the block spending for the first time ever it was sealed after hours of debates and bickering described by some as a bizarre however the deal
choose to use the consensus to. choose the opinions that invigorated your mind. choose the stories that entire life choose the access to your office. well this week saw days of strikes in spain as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts the government seems on moved by the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig their country out of its debt hole spain is also experiencing a staggering unemployment rate with one...
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everything that makes us pres perous and they also imperil us. >> and going to the atm machine . to do standard banking and all sorts of things we take for granted and super market scanners can beed bypass a cyber attack. >> everything you do depends on information security . in 2007, some hackers attacked want count reap of estonia and 97 percent of the people do electronic banking. >> and this week hackers had gotin into even the wall street journal and the new york times . i am sure when they got in want new york times they didn't find anything worth while. but a they got into the accounts was bush 41 and 43. that is scary stuff. the gate code to former president bush's house they were able to hack that. that is frightening, isn't it? >> llet me frighten you. our defense system are intruded on . names in public that speak to very serious intrusions in our system necessary real life. we do exercises all of the time to see how secure our exercises are. we have a lot of room for improvement. >> how can we stop it? >> i think unfortunately we have had legislative grid lock long be
everything that makes us pres perous and they also imperil us. >> and going to the atm machine . to do standard banking and all sorts of things we take for granted and super market scanners can beed bypass a cyber attack. >> everything you do depends on information security . in 2007, some hackers attacked want count reap of estonia and 97 percent of the people do electronic banking. >> and this week hackers had gotin into even the wall street journal and the new york times ....
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george jones all use that sort of color. i suppose... i don't know the price of an aspidistra. but i'd have to say that the antique market is subject to the same foibles of many other markets insofar as prices change, and prices alter. but you're looking at somewhere between £6,000 and 8,000. gosh. it's pin money to people like this, i realize. but having said that, the bad news is, if we were having this conversation let's say, ten or 12 years ago, it may have been worth £8,000 to 10,000. but the good news is that the price of aspidistras is very much the same. ( laughter ) thank you so much. thank you. thanks very much. what do you think this is? i thought it was a golf club. you thought? have you done some research on it or looked into what you think it is? i had a look on the internet, and couldn't find anything like it. no golf clubs like this at all on the internet? no. not at all. how extraordinary. let's look at some of the features. first of all, on the head, this is just beautiful, isn't it? ivory and ebony inlai
george jones all use that sort of color. i suppose... i don't know the price of an aspidistra. but i'd have to say that the antique market is subject to the same foibles of many other markets insofar as prices change, and prices alter. but you're looking at somewhere between £6,000 and 8,000. gosh. it's pin money to people like this, i realize. but having said that, the bad news is, if we were having this conversation let's say, ten or 12 years ago, it may have been worth £8,000 to 10,000....
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it will stay to the us. eighteen world championships in april when a dozen international events that will test the venue before the games begin the slogan for thought she twenty fourteen is hot cool your top because the limbic park is down by the black sea i'm cold because all the alpine events or take place just forty kilometers away. it is a similar story that not much was here before but there are also couture resorts has sprung up from nowhere to become the home of our points the biathlon and cross-country courses have also been created along with the bobsled track and then there's something you can't fail to meet but if you make your way down the mountain will eventually come to hey one of the most dramatic sights at any winter olympics the ski jumping the larger ramp on the left hand side is for the men and the smaller one on the right is for the women he will be competing for the very first time in this event at an olympics next year. linking the so-called mountain in coastal clusters has not been eas
it will stay to the us. eighteen world championships in april when a dozen international events that will test the venue before the games begin the slogan for thought she twenty fourteen is hot cool your top because the limbic park is down by the black sea i'm cold because all the alpine events or take place just forty kilometers away. it is a similar story that not much was here before but there are also couture resorts has sprung up from nowhere to become the home of our points the biathlon...
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eddie farmer is in saatchi to give us a false alarm. piece by piece so she's a limp dick dream is coming together would continue surround the club but with a year to go things are shaping up in the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite building the everything from scratch russia will be ready to finish and. we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start the training facilities are ready practically all of them of close to test competitions hold hotels and olympic villages are in the final phase of construction being referred bisht unfurnished the show jewels to open in the olson we plan to complete construction long before the end of the year said personal can train the managers can gain experience in providing a good service but achieving this goal has come at a staggering price hasting these games is costing around fifty billion dollars making them the most expensive in the limbic history they cost ten times more than the last winter games and by. and ten billion dollars more than the beijing s
eddie farmer is in saatchi to give us a false alarm. piece by piece so she's a limp dick dream is coming together would continue surround the club but with a year to go things are shaping up in the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite building the everything from scratch russia will be ready to finish and. we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start the training facilities are ready practically all of them of close to test competitions hold hotels...
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drones are immensely useful in two respects. first of all, for reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, because they can dwell over a target for an extended period of time, so you get pattern of life and you can really see what's going on. so they are an immense asset from an intelligence standpoint from a strike standpoint, they are very precise. the same thing in terms of being able to dwell, they can wait until a target is by himself or a facilityity is abandoned on or something if they are going to strike it. if they see people moving into the area, they can hold off, because they can see it all. the people who are driving the -- are driving the drones, so you can -- you can far more easily limit collateral damage with a drone than you can can with a bomb, even precision guided munition off an airplane. >> are yyou are not saying inno people do not die? >> no, but first i believe the numbers are extremely small, and, second, you have the ability to limit the collateral damage more than with any other weapons system that y
drones are immensely useful in two respects. first of all, for reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, because they can dwell over a target for an extended period of time, so you get pattern of life and you can really see what's going on. so they are an immense asset from an intelligence standpoint from a strike standpoint, they are very precise. the same thing in terms of being able to dwell, they can wait until a target is by himself or a facilityity is abandoned on or something if they...
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used today violence was once again flared up. these are the images the girl has been seeing from the streets of kandahar. trying to rule the day i. see. capital damascus has witnessed some of its most intense clashes in months rebels attacked government forces in the tent to seize control of key approaches to the city center where fighting came despite an earlier offer by the opposition leader now as captives to negotiate with president assad's deputy assad government could also be willing to talk that's according to its ally iran whose foreign minister let's go to that much it sponsored islamic summit whether there are splits within the opposition that makes to belittle unlikely even if they do bring down asset so says syria tribune editor in chief of the mohammed. isn't just funny it's just like all muslims will be lighter and the sun will be nicer ones different than it is now and that's not really you have a d.v.d. the can actually conform and be trite even when the you know it's listed that's it on it's a blacklist the amoun
used today violence was once again flared up. these are the images the girl has been seeing from the streets of kandahar. trying to rule the day i. see. capital damascus has witnessed some of its most intense clashes in months rebels attacked government forces in the tent to seize control of key approaches to the city center where fighting came despite an earlier offer by the opposition leader now as captives to negotiate with president assad's deputy assad government could also be willing to...